Accelerate - the National Collaborative
Nashville, TN · EIN 88-3207484. Reported 173 grants totalling $35.0M to 117 organizations across tax years 2022-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Accelerate - the National Collaborative, the IRS classifies it under education rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE B05) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 117 distinct organizations, with 44% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is concentrated. Most of the money has a settled destination, and the remainder is what is realistically in play.
- How much its list changes. 52% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 2 year-to-year transitions. That is about the 57% median for grantmaking charities -- noticeably lower than the 67% private foundations manage. Organizations like this one rotate more of their list each year, which is where an opening for a newcomer tends to be.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $75,000. Half of what it reported fell between $5,000 and $150,000; the smallest was $2,000 and the largest $12.0M. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $15.4M | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University | Stanford, CA | $1,294,209 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Arkansas Department of Education Division of Elementary and Secondary Educ | Little Rock, AR | $1,250,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| 50CAN Inc | Washington, DC | $1,000,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Colorado Department of Education | Denver, CO | $1,000,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Delaware Department of Education | Dover, DE | $1,000,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Ohio Department of Education - State of Ohio | Cincinnati, OH | $1,000,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Texas Education Agency | Austin, TX | $711,394 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cambiar Education | San Diego, CA | $512,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Air Education Inc | San Mateo, CA | $456,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Guilford County Board of Education | Greensboro, NC | $427,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Cityschools Collaborative | Washington, DC | $330,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| DC Treasurer Office of the State Superintendent of Education (osse) | Washington, DC | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Intervene K-12 Inc | Houston, TX | $275,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Oko Labs Inc | New York, NY | $275,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Peerteach Inc | Albany, CA | $275,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Teach for America Inc | New York, NY | $262,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| DC Public Education Fund | Washington, DC | $257,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| KIPP Indianapolis Inc | Indianapolis, IN | $257,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| New Schools for New Orleans Inc | New Orleans, LA | $257,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Try Once Inc | Covina, CA | $257,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Heart Math Tutoring Inc | Charlotte, NC | $255,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Trustees of Boston University | Boston, MA | $255,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Amplify Education Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $250,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Fund for Public Schools Inc | New York, NY | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Maryland State Department of Education | Baltimore, MD | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Florida Foundation Inc | Gainesville, FL | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, PA | $230,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Cignition Inc | Portola Valley, CA | $225,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Coursemojo Inc | Jersey City, NJ | $225,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Literacy Mid South Inc | Memphis, TN | $225,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| North Carolina Education Corps | Wake Forest, NC | $225,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tennessee State Collaborative on Reforming Education | Nashville, TN | $225,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Littera Education Inc | Wappingers Falls, NY | $219,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Innovation Project | Raleigh, NC | $205,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, MA | $200,280 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| President and Fellows of Harvard College | Cambridge, MA | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Saga Innovations | Newton, MA | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Oakland Reach | Oakland, CA | $180,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Joyful Readers Inc | Philadelphia, PA | $162,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Step Up Tutoring | Santa Monica, CA | $162,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Third Space Learning Inc | Wilmington, DE | $162,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Ignite Reading Pbc | San Francisco, CA | $157,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Jump Math Inc | Cedar Rapids, IA | $157,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Literacy Lab | Washington, DC | $157,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Read USA Inc | Atlantic Bch, FL | $157,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Southeast Community Foundation | Sherman Oaks, CA | $157,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Values to Action | Eugene, OR | $155,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Bay Area Tutoring Association | Milpitas, CA | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Leaders of Excellence Inc | Albania, AL | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Reading Futures Inc | Washington, DC | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Mind Trust Inc | Indianapolis, IN | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tutored By Teachers Inc | Claymont, DE | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Air Tutors | San Francisco, CA | $132,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Global Impact | Washington, DC | $130,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Reading & Math Inc | Minneapolis, MN | $130,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Carnegie Learning | Pittsburgh, PA | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Expanded Schools Inc | New York, NY | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Future Forward Literacy | Madison, WI | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Global Online Language Services US Inc | Wilmington, DE | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Teachley | Waterville, ME | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rhode Island Department of Education | Providence, RI | $102,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Fund for Educational Excellence Inc | Baltimore, MD | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Green Dot Public Schools | Los Angeles, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Reading Partners | Oakland, CA | $82,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Fev Tutor | Woburn, MA | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| 100 Black Men of Metropolitian Baton Rouge | Baton Rouge, LA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hamilton County Schools | Chattanooga, TN | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tutor Teens Inc | Cincinnati, OH | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Arlington Independent School District | Arlington, TX | $14,700 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Assistments Foundation Inc | Worcester, MA | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Black Hills Special Services Cooperative | Rapid City, SD | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Great Oaks Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| San Francisco Education Fund | San Francisco, CA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Success for All Foundation Inc | Baltimore, MD | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Trilogy Mentors Inc | Richmond, VA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| African Heritage Inc | Appleton, WI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Augustine Literacy Project-Charlotte | Charlotte, NC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Axiom Learning Inc | Clyde Hill, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Baton Rouge Youth Coalition Inc | Baton Rouge, LA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Chapter One Nfp | Odessa, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Concentric Educational Solutions Inc | Baltimore, MD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| East Carolina University Foundation Inc | Greenville, NC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Education Analytics Inc | Madison, WI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Edututor of Virginia Inc | Mclean, VA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Empirical Resolution Inc | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Evanstonskokie Community Consolidated School District 65 | Evanston, IL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Goschoolbox Inc | Los Altos, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Grand Valley State University | Allendale, MI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Graspable Inc | Bloomington, IN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hampton Tutors | Seattle, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Homeworks Trenton Inc | Princeton, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hoot Reading | Winnipeg | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Horizons National Student Enrichment Program Inc | Westport, CT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Humanity First USA | Silver Spring, MD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ieducate USA | Bellaire, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Itutor Com Inc | Jericho, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Learning Ally Inc | Princeton, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Learnup Centers | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mytutor Learning Inc | Wilmington, DE | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| New Jersey Tutoring Corps Inc | Morristown, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ohio Excels | Columbus, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Portland Public Schools | Portland, OR | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Public Impact | Carrboro, NC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Reading Assist Institute | Wilmington, DE | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Santa Fe South Schools Inc | Oklahoma City, OK | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Spelman College | Atlanta, GA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Summer Learning Collaborative | Wilmington, DE | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois | Urbana, IL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Breakthrough Collaborative Inc | Oakland, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Jewish Community Center in Manhattan Inc | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The San Jose Public Library Foundation | San Jose, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of Mississippi Foundation | Oxford, MS | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of Notre Dame Du Lac | Notre Dame, IN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Upchieve Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Virginia Learns | Glen Allen, VA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| West Contra Costa Public Education Fund | Richmond, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
43 of 117 (37%) received money in more than one year over the 3 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 65 of 117 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 68 | $4,294,189 | $5,000 |
| 2023 | 43 | $20.3M | $150,000 |
| 2024 | 62 | $10.4M | $100,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
44% of its giving went to organizations in Illinois. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $75,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Illinois.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Accelerate - the National Collaborative's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 3 returns (tax years 2022-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 36 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 26 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 501 Union Street Pmb 85221 545, Nashville, TN, 37219.
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